Zygarde Cube

Zygarde Cube ジガルデキューブ Zygarde Cube

Obtain sprite from Generation VII

Introduced in Generation VII Pocket Generation VII Key items

The Zygarde Cube (Japanese: ジガルデキューブ Zygarde Cube) is a Key Item introduced in Generation VII. It holds Zygarde Cells and Cores.

A Reassembly Unit can use the Cells and Cores in the Zygarde Cube to assemble a new Zygarde. The Zygarde Cube can also memorize the moves retained by Cores it takes in and teach them to any Zygarde.

The Zygarde Cube was apparently found by Professor Sycamore.

In the games

Effect

Generation VII

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, the Zygarde Cube allows the player to find and collect Zygarde Cells and Cores. Cells and Cores can be found in most locations in Alola, but until the player has the Zygarde Cube, none of them will be visible. Cells and Cores appear as small sparks of light on the ground, with Cells shining green and Cores shining pink. There are 95 Cells and 5 Cores to be found across the Alola region. The Zygarde Cube can hold a maximum of 999 Cells and Cores (by using the Reassembly Unit's separation function).

If the player selects the "Check" option on the Zygarde Cube, it will tell them how many Cells and Cores they have collected from the locations in their game and how many they currently have in total. As the player reaches certain collection milestones, Dexio and Sina will contact the player to explain the Zygarde Cube, Cells, and Cores.

In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, no Zygarde Cells or Cores are found on the field, and the player obtains the Zygarde Cube after catching the 50% Forme Zygarde in Resolution Cave and obtaining a 10% Forme Zygarde from Dexio afterwards, with the Cube already containing the remaining 40 Cells/Cores when obtained. All of its other functions remain the same as in Sun and Moon.

Reassembly Unit

The Reassembly Unit is found on Route 16 in the Alola region. The Reassembly Unit can assemble a Zygarde using Cells and Cores from the Zygarde Cube or separate a Zygarde into Cells and Cores and store them in the Zygarde Cube. The Reassembly Unit will not be able to separate a Zygarde if it has a Classic Ribbon. Separating a Zygarde is much the same as releasing a Pokémon: it is essentially lost, including any moves it learned or Ribbons it earned. However, the Reassembly Unit can also add Cells and Cores from the Zygarde Cube to a Zygarde already in the player's party to upgrade its form without affecting other data.

The Reassembly Unit will always use the maximum amount of Cells and Cores it can in assembly operations.

• 10 Cells/Cores: Zygarde 10% Forme with Aura Break
• 50 Cells/Cores: Zygarde 50% Forme with Aura Break
• 100 Cells/Cores: Zygarde 50% Forme with Power Construct

Although the Reassembly Unit refers to the amounts it will use in percent values, this is based on the assumption that the Zygarde Cube can only hold 100 Cells and Cores, when it can in fact hold more. That is, if the Zygarde Cube holds 200 Cells and Cores, it will still use only 100 to create a Power Construct Zygarde, not 100% (all 200).

If a Zygarde from the player's party is combined with Cells and Cores from the Zygarde Cube, the assembly will require fewer Cells and Cores in accordance with the Zygarde's form (e.g., upgrading a 10% Forme Zygarde to 50% Forme will only require 40 Cells and Cores). If Zygarde is assembled completely from Cells and Cores from the Zygarde Cube, its level depends on whether the player has become the Champion. Before the player has become Champion, an assembled Zygarde will be level 30, but after, it will be level 50.

The Reassembly Unit can perform operations on a Zygarde even if it is an outsider. Through separating one or more outsider Zygarde, it is possible for the Zygarde Cube to hold up to 999 total Cells and Cores. Even if the Zygarde Cube has already reached this capacity, Zygarde Cells and Cores can still be collected around Alola and the Reassembly Unit can still separate Zygarde, but the number of stored Cells and Cores will not increase.

The Reassembly Unit will not perform any operations on a Zygarde with Power Construct. The Zygarde Cube can freely change the form of a Power Construct Zygarde between 10% Forme and 50% Forme.

List of Cell locations in Sun and Moon

Melemele Island

Location	Cell	Time
Route 1	North of the second grassy patch east of Hau'oli Outskirts	Day
	Under a tree on the east path behind the rocks south of Iki Town (requires Tauros Charge)	Day
	On the east side of the Pokémon Research Lab	Any
Iki Town	On the east side of the tree on the east side of the Mahalo Trail entrance	Night
Trainers' School	1F, in the bed right of Meowth	Night
Hau'oli City	Left of the Pokémon Center	Night
	Inside of Ilima's house to the right of the far left plant	Any
Route 2	In the northwest corner of the motel area	Any
Hau'oli Cemetery	On the west side, south of the boundary hedge	Any
Verdant Cavern	Next to the northeastern den	Any
Route 3	South of the entrance to Melemele Meadow	Day
	Next to the tree to the west of the Berry tree	Any
Kala'e Bay	At the southwestern tip of the land around the Seaward Cave entrance	Any
Ruins of Conflict	Right side of the entrance	Any

Akala Island

Location	Cell	Time
Heahea City	In the back-left corner of the Tide Song Hotel lobby	Any
	To the right of the giant satellite dish outside the Dimensional Research Lab	Night
Route 4	On the land overhanging the cliff south of the Pokémon Breeder	Any
Paniola Ranch	In the northwest corner of the paddock with the ramps	Night
	North of the sign in the paddock with the ramps	Day
Route 5	On the northeast side of the Pokémon Center	Any
Royal Avenue	In the empty parking spot in the Thrifty Megamart parking lot	Day
	In the corner northwest of the ring of flower bushes	Night
Route 7	At the southeast tip of the large rock formation running along the edge of the northern beach (requires Lapras Paddle/Sharpedo Jet)	Any
Wela Volcano Park	In the inside corner of the second step down from the trial gate	Any
Route 8	On the east side of the Aether Foundation building	Any
	In front of a rock next to the Route 5 entrance	Day
Lush Jungle	In the cave beyond the east area, in a corner east of the west entrance (requires Machamp Shove)	Any
Diglett's Tunnel	In the northeast of the large open area up the stairs down the west branch of the tunnel	Any
Konikoni City	Next to the three Pikachu at Lighthouse Point in the north of the city	Night
Akala Outskirts	Above a ledge in the west, southwest of Black Belt Kenji	Any
Hano Beach	Under the southwestern-most umbrella	Any
	Under the lifeguard tower, north of the easternmost umbrella in the south	Day

Ula'ula Island

Location	Cell	Time
Malie City	In front of the two trucks west of the Malie Garden entrance	Day
	At the end of the hallway in the Malie Community Center	Night
	On the south side of the truck on the east side of the Recycling Plant	Day
Malie Garden	In the northwest corner of the garden	Any
Route 10	Near the middle of the route, north of the Trainer Tips sign	Day
Hokulani Observatory	In the left end of the hallway beyond the entrance	Night
Route 11	On the side of the dirt path in the east, southeast of Black Belt Clayton	Night
Route 12	After crossing the northernmost rocky terrain by a rock on the north side of the route (requires Mudsdale Gallop)	Any
	South of Punk Pair Yoko and Lane, between the second and third rocky terrains from the north	Any
Blush Mountain	By a rock in the northeast	Any
Secluded Shore	Along the wall east of the entry to the beach	Night
	At the west end of the beach	Day
Route 13	On the west end of the motel	Night
	South of the pond, on the east end of the trailer	Any
Tapu Village	In front of the fence south of the Pokémon Center	Any
Route 15	In the Aether House, in the far corner of the back room on the left	Day
Route 15	Against the southern cliff wall on the southeast beach	Any
Route 14	Among the rubble of the crumbled road south of the entrance from Tapu Village	Night
	On the far east end of the beach	Any
Haina Desert	Area 3; by the bush, reached by following the stone stacks in the order 2-1	Any
Ruins of Abundance	Next to the shrine's entrance	Any
Route 16	On the west side of the Pokémon Center	Day
Ula'ula Meadow	On the walkway where it overlooks the southernmost pond	Any
	On the east side of the grass on the dirt path in the northeast	Any
Route 17	On the mountainside, on the east branch going down	Any
	At the southern corner of the Po Town wall	Any
Po Town	By the red truck southwest of the Shady House in the north	Night
	By the yellow truck southeast of the Shady House in the north	Day
Mount Lanakila	Upper Reaches: Lower, in front of a rock past the first field of grass	Any
	Peak, west along the south cliff at the top of the ramp outside the Pokémon Center, by a large rock	Any

Aether Paradise

During the player's first visit, none of the Zygarde Cells at Aether Paradise are accessible. They only become accessible after the player has passed Nanu's grand trial.

Cell	Time
B2F: Lab area, at the end of the hallway containing the secret labs	Any
Exterior (north side), at the end of the southeast path	Any
Exterior (north side), on the west side of the mansion	Day
Exterior (south side), between two pools on the west side	Night
Lusamine's Mansion: Entry Room, at the north end under the table on the right side	Any

Poni Island

Location	Cell	Time
Seafolk Village	In the restaurant on the Wailord-shaped ship in the west, under a table at the south end	Any
	On the northeast platform	Any
Poni Wilds	On the north end of the beach between two rocks	Any
	Above the ledge east of the Seafolk Village entrance	Day
	Next to the Trainer Tips sign east of the Seafolk Village entrance	Night
Ancient Poni Path	In the corner by the well on the east side of Hapu's house	Any
	In the corner on the opposite side of the wall from the Machamp on the east side of Hapu's house	Day
	In the north, in front of the stone sculpture east of the Vast Poni Canyon entrance	Night
Poni Breaker Coast	On the east side of the geyser in the north	Day
	In the east, just north of the Ruins of Hope entrance	Night
Ruins of Hope	Southeast of the door to the inside of the ruins, at the bottom of the ramp down	Any
Vast Poni Canyon	First cave, north of the Machamp Shove block near the entrance, accessed from the south of the canyon area after the third cave	Any
	Second cave, behind a small rock near the east entrance	Any
	Third cave, by the dens on the western wall	Any
	Outside the third cave, mid-level, on the west end of the cliff accessed through the exit south of the Machamp Shove puzzle (requires Machamp Shove)	Any
Poni Grove	Against the cliff north of the southern entrance	Any
	At the east end of the grove	Any
Poni Plains	By the first palm tree north and slightly west of the Poni Grove entrance	Day
	In the rocky area in the northwest, on the second ledge down (requires Tauros Charge)	Any
	In the corner of land east of the Trainer Tips sign north of the Poni Grove entrance	Night
Poni Meadow	In the north, on a ledge south from the entrance to Resolution Cave	Any
Resolution Cave	Exterior, to the right of the entrance to Interior	Day
	Interior, on the right side of the path between the entrance and the center platform	Night
	Interior, on the raised platform in the center	Any
Poni Coast	Along the coastline, where one of the rocky outcrops makes a narrow path with the coast (requires Tauros Charge)	Any
	On the narrow path running by the northern part of the ledge along the west cliff	Any
Poni Gauntlet	On the point of land across the northernmost bridge at the east end of the Poni Gauntlet	Any
	On the westernmost bridge near the Battle Tree entrance	Any

Core locations and teachable moves

Depending on the Zygarde Cores that the player has found, the Zygarde Cube will be able to teach certain moves to any Zygarde. These Cores cannot be obtained by separating outsider Zygarde. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, the player must find certain Zygarde Cores to be able to teach moves. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the moves are teachable as soon as the Zygarde Cube is received.

Location	Core	Move
Ancient Poni Path	In the back of the bedroom in Hapu's house	Core Enforcer
Iki Town	On the porch in the northeastern room of Hala's house	Thousand Arrows
Route 17	At the back of the Po Town Police Station	Thousand Waves
Route 1	In the player's room, by the bed	Extreme Speed
Konikoni City	In front of the refrigerator in Olivia's room	Dragon Dance

Generation VIII

The Zygarde Cube no longer teaches Zygarde moves. Zygarde instead learn its signature moves any time as Level 1 moves via Move Reminder, and Dragon Dance via TR51. Zygarde does not have access to Extreme Speed in Generation VIII. The Zygarde Cube can be used to change Zygarde's ability between Aura Break or Power Construct.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM SwSh* An item to store Zygarde Cores and Cells. You can also use it to teach Zygarde moves. SwSh* An item in which Zygarde Cores and Cells are gathered. You can also use it to change Zygarde's forms.

Acquisition

Games Method SM Heahea City (defeat DexioS/SinaM) USUM Route 16 (defeat Dexio, after catching Zygarde in Resolution Cave) SwSh Stow-on-Side (from the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns Zygarde)

Appearance

Bag sprite from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon	Obtain sprite from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon	Zygarde Cell obtain sprite from Sun and Moon	Zygarde Core obtain sprite from Sun and Moon

In the manga

The Zygarde Cube in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Zygarde Cube first appeared in Confusion and Monsters from Another World. Sun was hired by Sina and Dexio to assist them in finding the remaining Cells and Cores of Zygarde scattered across Alola. To aid him in this job, Dexio gave Sun the Zygarde Cube in order to store any Cells and Cores he could find.

Trivia

• Despite being called a cube, the Zygarde Cube far more closely resembles a truncated octahedron. However, both share the same underlying octahedral symmetry, as can be seen from the positioning of the squares.
• In Pokémon Sun and Moon, a Zygarde Core can be found at each Island Kahuna's home.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 基格爾德多面體 Gēigaakyíhdāk Dōmihntái Mandarin 基格爾德多面體 / 基格尔德多面体 Jīgé'ěrdé Duōmiàntǐ French Boîte Zygarde German Zygarde-Würfel Hungarian Zygarde Kocka Italian Teca Zygarde Korean 지가르데큐브 Zygarde Cube Russian Куб Зайгарда Kub Zaygarda Spanish Arca de Zygarde

See also

• List of Key Items in Generation VII

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